Paris: World No.1 tennis star Novak Djokovic has a potential semi-final encounter with clay expert Rafael Nadal, while defending champion Serena Williams could face Angelique Kerber on course to the women's singles final after the draw took place at the French Open on Friday.

The top-seeded Serbian Djokovic, who holds 11 Grand Slam titles but still seeks his first ever French Open title, will open his campaign against Chinese Taipei's Lu Yen-Hsun, the world No.100, and will avoid all top ten seeds except Czech Tomas Berdych before the semi-finals, reports Xinhua.